The All Progressives Congress (APC) may soon be
thrown into another turmoil as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday confirmed
that it is concluding discussions with six state governors and 27 members of
the National Assembly elected on the platform of APC ahead of their defection
to the party.
The opposition party revealed that discussions on the
control of party structures in the affected states and senatorial zones have
also reached advanced stage, and would be completed in a couple of weeks after
which the governors and lawmakers would announce their defection to the PDP.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mr.
Kola Ologbondiyan, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
He stressed that in line with decisions reached at
the discussions, the members of the National Assembly decamping to the PDP
would cross-carpet at the reconvening of session in the two chambers, which
will increase the PDP majority in both chambers.
He said: “PDP has already concluded discussions
with six APC governors and 27 APC members in the National Assembly, who have
also drawn their consultations and secured the mandates of their constituents
to move to the PDP ahead of the 2019 general election.
“The party assures its members that all grey areas
of the agreement, including issues of waivers and accommodation for
participation in primaries, are being smoothened out by the former Governor
Liyel Imoke-led PDP Contact and Integration Committee, which has been galvanising
our alliances among stakeholders across other parties, including those from the
APC.
“These interests and movements from the APC to the
PDP are indicators of the consensus by Nigerians to rally on the platform of
the PDP to end the economic hardship, bloodletting, violence and
infrastructural decay that have become the hallmark of the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led APC administration, and return our country to the path of unity,
national cohesion and economic prosperity which the PDP is known for.”
PDP expressed its readiness to take back control of power at the centre
as well as in our traditional states of Plateau, Niger, Adamawa, Kano, Bauchi,
Nasarawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Katsina, Kogi, Jigawa, Zamfara, Imo, Edo and South-west
states of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Lagos.
The party therefore charges all members and
supporters to remain steadfast and wary of the gimmicks of the deflated APC, “which
has resorted to sponsoring spurious publications filled with deceptions, fabrications
and lies against our party.”
It also commended the spirit of tolerance, dialogue,
accommodation and oneness of purpose that pervade the alliance among members.
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